The daily grind of a sportsman is clouded by constant decision-making. Every routine choice can lead to the best of times or the worst of times for a franchise and its city. It truly is a tale of two cities...

It was beloved President John F. Kennedy who once said, “Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future." But surely he didn't mean they'd be running the world as kids, and don't call me Shirley...

Teams will do anything to lure fans to the stadium. Mini bats to the first 300 fans, plastic toilet seats to the first 500, pink thongs to the first 1,000. But over the years, several squads have made promotional entertainment an art...

Behind every great athlete is a snarling teammate yearning for a chance to toss those fisticuffs. Often mammoth-sized and somewhat emotionally unstable, these "fighters" have one sole purpose: to protect their talented brethren...

Building a lyrical masterpiece is an art many have tried but few have perfected. Nas, Biggie, Tupac, Common. They've all meshed numbingly brilliant vocals with poetic scripts to create pure euphoria...

Urban legends have traveled through the sports grapevine since the first bonfire was sparked by prehistoric athletes some 200,000 years ago. Some choose to embrace these stories, others prefer to call them preposterous myths...

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Hype is the backbone of sports. Heralded draft picks who may never find promise and short-lived marriages that hog the back pages are the bread-and-butter to a meal of over-hyped stories flooding the scene...

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It's just past 12 noon and the mind-numbing aromas of roasted chicken and cheese-smothered macaroni tickle the nostrils. Empty tins are being filled with popular menu items that can be recognized blocks away...

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If you think there are rules against cheerleaders dating athletes, think again. The scintillating sight of a pom-pom pumping beauty riling up the crowd doesn't go unnoticed by the legends who grace the field...

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The art of eating food and partying with buddies before a game has become tradition for true sports fans. Sweet sausages dripping off the side of the grill, chunky chili warming the soul on a tundra-filled Sunday, it doesn't get any juicier...

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With the regular season just around the corner, we can already smell the refreshing musk of the gridiron. Tailgates and lazy Sunday afternoons, it doesn't get any better. But we're not the only fans yearning for the return of the gridiron...

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If we've learned anything from socialite Kim Kardashian and reality star Evelyn Lozada, it's that love in sports is as permanent as a groupie's lipstick on a Friday night. But the lacking success rate has yet to stop athletes from taking the plunge...

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